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- noun The state or quality of being
expendable .
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Examples
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The expendability is reflected in wartime casualty rates, of course, but men also die more often in work-related accidents and die earlier, on average.
Testosterone Put to the Test Dave Shiflett 2010
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Among other examples of feminism's newfound expendability, abortion rights were bartered in health care negotiations; the administration talks about a "good Taliban" and "bad Taliban" strategy; and, now, Suskind takes us inside the boys' club culture of the administration itself.
Pamela Haag, Ph.D.: Remember When Liberals Were Feminists? Ph.D. Pamela Haag 2011
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Among other examples of feminism's newfound expendability, abortion rights were bartered in health care negotiations; the administration talks about a "good Taliban" and "bad Taliban" strategy; and, now, Suskind takes us inside the boys' club culture of the administration itself.
Pamela Haag, Ph.D.: Remember When Liberals Were Feminists? Ph.D. Pamela Haag 2011
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We witness the deep repercussions of this false expendability within our family structures and even our connections to our community.
Wendy Strgar: Voting with a Patient Heart Wendy Strgar 2010
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We witness the deep repercussions of this false expendability within our family structures and even our connections to our community.
Wendy Strgar: Voting with a Patient Heart Wendy Strgar 2010
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Among other examples of feminism's newfound expendability, abortion rights were bartered in health care negotiations; the administration talks about a "good Taliban" and "bad Taliban" strategy; and, now, Suskind takes us inside the boys' club culture of the administration itself.
Pamela Haag, Ph.D.: Remember When Liberals Were Feminists? Ph.D. Pamela Haag 2011
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But as usual people with assloads of money think they can do damn near anything and eschew common sense or logic for expendability.
Another reason not to talk on a cell phone while driving. | My[confined]Space 2009
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He gets deniability and distance and expendability.
Stephen Herrington: Newt, the Tea Party Is Already the Militant Arm of the GOP 2010
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He gets deniability and distance and expendability.
Newt, the Tea Party Is Already the Militant Arm of the GOP 2010
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If a point can be scored, a favor earned, by reiterating our expendability, they will do it.
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